MONTGOMERY Ala. – At a special meeting earlier today, the Oxford, Ala, City Council voted 3-2 to repeal a discriminatory new ordinance that would have prevented transgender residents and visitors from using public restroom facilities consistent with their gender identity. This anti-transgender law was unprecedented in its establishment of criminal penalties for violations — including a…
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and ACLU demanded today that the city of Oxford, Alabama, repeal an ordinance that makes it a crime for transgender people to use the public restroom that matches their gender identity, or risk legal action. In a letter to the City Council, the SPLC describes how the discriminatory ordinance violates…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Alabama responded to the Oxford, Ala., City Council’s decision to hold a special meeting tomorrow to consider the fate of an anti-transgender ordinance by calling for repeal of the measure, which was unanimously approved last week. The new law prevents transgender residents and visitors from using…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Today, the Oxford, Ala. City Council unanimously approved an anti-transgender ordinance that prevents transgender residents and visitors from using public restrooms and other facilities consistent with their gender identity, and imposes a $500 fine or six months in jail on violators. This anti-transgender law is unprecedented in its establishment of criminal penalties…
